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Which is the most profitable Premier League team? Ask an accountant and he’ll start sweating

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Getty Images | For Premier League clubs in 2017/18 operating profits total £542 million, with two clubs, Liverpool and Spurs, generating more than half the total.

Tottenham and Liverpool have been hailed for their 2017/18 accounts – but does that make these two clubs the most profitable in the Premiership?

There are many ways to measure whether a business is profitable or not. Using two common methods to find the profitability of Manchester United, one will place the club top of the Premier League – while the other ranks The Reds at the bottom of the table.

22 May 2019 - 7:01 AM

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